At 16.04hrs this afternoon, a GMP Missing Person Search Manager contacted our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE regards the assistance of the teams Mountain Rescue Trailing Search Dog, in regards to a missing 73 year old man, in the Hindley area of Wigan.

The man had been reported missing from his home address on Atherton Road, Hindley, where he had last been seen on Monday morning 1st February 2016.

GMP had conducted some initial local area searches, and now wished the involvement of Trailing Search Dog Handler Steve Nelson and his Search Dog Boris.

Our Team Leader made a group page at 16.13hrs informing the team of the request.

Arrangements were made for Steve and Boris to meet with the GMP Missing Person Search Manager early evening, at the missing mans home address.

We also mobilised our Incident Control Vehicle, which arrived on scene, with team members Steve Fletcher and Mike Marsh, near to the Hindley RVP at 19.51hrs.

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On New Year's Eve, Assistant Team Leader Mark Scott was surprised and delighted to be given a cheque donation for BMRT of £150 by his friend Sarah Horan of Horwich. Thank you, Sarah, that's very generous and much appreciated!

As 2018 draws to a close, it’s also the end of our 50th Anniversary Year. A huge thank you to everyone that has supported us over the years, especially in 2018. It’s been special year for us and we can’t thank you enough! Happy New Year and hope you all have a fantastic 2019 pic.twitter.com/e0OSv0Bid1

We're thrilled to announce that we've been selected to receive a grant for £13,118.85 from @transportgovuk for essential water rescue equipment, following a bid for funding earlier this year. More info here: m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…